Arena The NBA Thread

The Golfers are probably glad there are no fans, that way they don't have to worry about accidentally hitting one with a golf ball.

 

I got to give Dana @MotivateR5D4 his due. UFC has been running since May and overall they had very few COVID-19 positive cases. I figure they have a outbreak by now but *knock on wood* it hasn't happened. White unlike Vince McMachon has taken this seriously though he is forced ro since UFC has governing bodies they have to follow.

And sometimes @Juliet316 has my uncle repeatedly loves to say sometimes the speculators saves their butts. "How many times have they hit a terrible approach shot that would gone O.B. but got saved by some morons foot and now have an easy chip on?".

 

I sort of half-watch games that are on TV now. As someone said on the previous page, these still feel like scrimmage games (both basketball and baseball). And whenever I watch any live sports, it's hard to get too into it because there's always that dark place in the back of my mind that realizes there's a good chance this season won't end properly (esp. MLB) and these games will be for naught when they have to cancel the season again.

 

Three straight weeks of no positive tests in the Orlando bubble is very promising, though. Silver and the others seem to have all their bases covered, unlike the MLB, ironically.

 

suns really looking good. definitely justifying their inclusion in the restart and very much in play for the 8 seed.

 

Haven't been able to catch any of that game but looks like TJ Warren finally came back to earth, which is a bummer. Maybe Ayton is just defending him well?

 

combination of being defended well and just being slightly off.

 

league pass alert: dame has hit his first four threes might be about to go off

 

That 3-point disparity...






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the shooting woes seem like a valid concern for the lakers. not a lot of time to find a groove before the playoffs start.

 

Indeed; the next couple of games have to show some improvement there.

 

On the flip side, they do get to have Playoff LeBron, and that first round series should be comfortable enough to continue to find their shooting shoes without much risk of being bounced early. But, they'll definitely want to have it together before the conference semis.

We're only a couple of results from the Basketball Gods handing us OKC-Houston and Dallas-Denver as first round series in the West, plus Boston-Philly in the East. All three of which would be tremendously compelling basketball to watch.

 

really tough loss for the blazers. clippers were playing their deep bench down the stretch and the blazers still couldn't pull it out. lillard missed two huge free throws in the last 30 seconds with his team down one.

 

So, umm, Michael Porter Jr.

Were the Nuggets just sitting on that all season? Is it the bubble? Is it just patience paying off?

Because he is killing it in the bubble

 

TJ Warren too. @A Chorus of Disapproval you must've pissed him off

 

Considering Porter Jr is an anti vaccinate/conspiracy theorist lunatic, he can stay in the bubble for good.

A few months of no sports made me forget that quite a few pro athletes might be world beaters on the field, but are egg beaters off of it.

 

Is he a flat earther like Kyrie?

 

Don't know but Porter Jr. is definitely a COVID-19 conspiracy theorist loon:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29559448/nuggets-talk-michael-porter-jr-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory?platform=amp

Stuff like this and Dwight Howard are not your typical stupid funny jock moments like John Kruk asking when seeing Lake Michigan in Chicago, "Which ocean is that?" or Shaq admitting that for his entire career he had no idea the Warriors played in Oakland as he thought they played in San Francisco ("Just got on the bus to the arena and never asked") but rather this is dangerous as all hell stupid. You wonder how many others feel the same and if they start to speak the same nonsense will they honestly sway a few people? Certainly not unimaginable.

 

Kings and Pelicans both eliminated from the playoffs tonight. It’s gonna be a dogfight between Portland, San Antonio, Phoenix, and Memphis for that last spot.

 

Perhaps it will bounce around once they hit the playoffs but right now the NBA TV ratings right now are not looking good:

https://www.si.com/nba/cavaliers/nba-amico/pro-basketball-programming-nosedive

Meanwhile golf this past weekend was monstrous even without Tiger in the hunt at all. Really help having the PGA Championship on the west coast this year as the ratings were driven up by being in prime time.

 

lmao I wouldn't judge the NBA based on First Take's ratings, what the hell even is that. Sam Amico is widely known to be garbage.

Viewership in primetime is actually up according to Forbe's, and that's not including streaming services-- notable since the NBA has the youngest viewership demo of all the major sports.

Media companies need to start taking streaming in account for this b/c cord-cutting isn't showing signs of stopping. I stream tons of NBA but I'm not counted since I haven't paid for cable literally ever.

 

It just isn't Sam who is saying it:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theath...turns-big-games-but-not-so-large-ratings/?amp

There definitely isn't that huge burst of ratings that many expected due to "not much else being on". No sport has seen a major rise in ratings overall which seemed almost unfathomable a few months ago.